Ashley Cole will discover in the next 24 hours the scale of the threat to his remarkable England tournament record.

Boss Roy Hodgson is set to include uncapped Southampton left-back Luke Shaw in an expanded 32-man squad for Wednesday night's Wembley friendly with Denmark.

And with Cole suffering for his relegation to the Chelsea bench - he has played for the Blues just once, in an FA Cup tie against Stoke, since January 11 - the defender's astonishing England streak is under huge threat.

Cole is England's most-capped tournament player, having started all 22 Finals matches played by the Three Lions since the opening game of the 2002 World Cup against Sweden in Saitama.

The former Arsenal man has been on the pitch for all but 16 minutes of the 2070 minutes of playing action under Sven Goran Eriksson, Fabio Capello and Roy Hodgson.

Incredibly, Cole has been on the pitch for every second of England tournament action since the opening game of Euro 2004 against France in Lisbon.

But with Leighton Baines having taken advantage of Cole's drop down the Chelsea pecking order to put himself in pole position to start against Italy in Manaus on June 14, Shaw's promotion to the senior ranks puts the Stamford Bridge man's place in Hodgson's 23 for Brazil under serious risk.

Cole, 33, has now gained 106 caps, just two short of Bobby Moore's record for a defender, since making his debut in Albania in 2001 but Hodgson is keen to give Shaw a run-out against the Danes.

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The England boss, though, is expected to show plenty of faith in Manchester United despite the latest debacle for David Moyes' men in Greece.

Hodgson, keen to have a chance to talk with all his likely World Cup players, is likely to select up to seven Old Trafford stars.

Sterling's solitary appearance came in the friendly defeat in Sweden in November 2012 but he has jetted ahead of his rivals for the starting spot vacated by Theo Walcott's injury while Henderson could start after making appearances off the bench in the Wembley defeats by Chile and Germany in November.

Next week's gathering at England's southern base outside Watford will see a change of policy, with Hodgson's squad swapping their normal training ground at Arsenal's London Colney complex for sessions at Tottenham's new facility near Enfield.

Next week represents the last time Hodgson can speak to his potential World Cup stars as a unit before he intends to name his final 23 - plus seven stand-by players - on May 13.

One player who could be missing, though, is Stoke goalkeeper Jack Butland - currently on loan at Leeds - who has been earmarked to understudy Joe Hart and Ben Foster in Brazil but may be required by Gareth Southgate's Under-21 side for their qualifier against Wales in Derby.

Otherwise, those omitted when Hodgson names his squad at Wembley on Thursday afternoon - with Gareth Barry and Michael Dawson among those likely to be disappointed - can probably wave goodbye to their hopes of making those flights to Miami and then Rio de Janeiro.